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A fragmentary statue of Pharaoh Ahmose I seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Wikipedia)
November 29, 2025, 9:47 am
Study anchors obscure pharaoh in time, opening research path into dating the Exodus
A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose’s reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with vast implications for the region’s history
By Rossella Tercatin
Tourists visit the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt, November 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
September 21, 2025, 6:24 pm
Egyptians outraged after pharaoh’s bracelet stolen from museum, melted for gold
3,000-year-old bangle belonging to Pharaoh Amenemope was taken from restoration lab of Egyptian Museum in Cairo, which had no security cameras, sold to gold worker for some $4,000
By Samy Magdy
Excavations take place at the site of a 3,600-year-old limestone tomb chamber of an unknown king, in Abydos, Egypt, March 25, 2025. (Dr. Josef Wegner/Penn Museum)
March 28, 2025, 9:38 am
3,600-year-old tomb of unidentified pharaoh uncovered in Egypt
Archaeologists date tomb, apparently stripped bare by ancient grave robbers, to chaotic Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was divided into at least 4 kingdoms
By Will Dunham
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, center, standing in front of an ancient wooden sarcophagus, speaks during a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry in Cairo, Egypt, January 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohamed Salah)
January 2, 2023, 3:39 pm
2,500-year-old looted sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US
Three-meter-tall coffin, which may have belonged to priest named Ankhenmaat, was stolen and smuggled via Germany into US in 2008; returned in official Cairo ceremony
By AP
In this file photo taken on August 25, 2006, Egyptians wave their national flag from a balcony as they bid farewell to the Ramses II colossal statue at Talat Harb Square, as it's moved from the polluted capital city Cairo to a spot near the Pyramids in Giza, closer to its original site (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
April 1, 2021, 3:31 pm
Egypt set for pharaohs’ parade as remains taken to new location
18 kings and 4 queens will travel in order, oldest first, each aboard a separate float as they are moved for display at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
By Emmanuel Parisse
The gold-covered sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun is encased in a tent for restoration procedures at the conservation center of the the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, August 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
August 4, 2019, 5:46 pm
Egypt displays restoration of King Tut’s gilded coffin
Ministry unveils ‘unique historical artifact,’ to be open to public toward end of next year
By Agencies
This picture taken on December 15, 2018 shows a general view of a newly-discovered tomb belonging to the high priest "Wahtye" who served during the fifth dynasty reign of King Neferirkare (between 2500-2300 BC), at the Saqqara necropolis, 30 kilometres south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. (Khaled DESOUKI/AFP)
December 16, 2018, 3:39 am
Exceptionally preserved 4,400-year-old tomb uncovered in Egypt
‘One-of-a-kind’ site containing colorful scenes of official named Wahtye and his family discovered at pyramid complex south of Cairo, with more finds expected
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This picture taken on November 24, 2018 shows a carved black wooden sarcophagus inlaid with gilded sheets, dating to Egypt's Late period (7th-4th century BC), lying in a burial chamber decorated with colored scenes depicting the owner with members of his family, discovered by an Egyptian archaelogical mission at the site of Tomb TT28 at Al-Assasif necropolis on the west bank of the Nile north of the southern Egyptian city of Luxor. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
November 25, 2018, 3:15 am
Egypt unveils ancient Luxor tomb ‘with very nice paintings’
Site belonging to mummification supervisor Thaw-Irkhet-If contains sarcophagi, statues and some 1,000 funerary figurines
By AFP
This undated photo shows one of the oldest villages ever found in the Nile Delta, with remains dating back to before the pharaohs in Tell el-Samara, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AP)
September 2, 2018, 6:41 pm
Egypt says village found in Nile Delta predated pharaohs
Neolithic site discovered in Tell el-Samara containing food silos, animal bones, indicating human habitation as early as 5000 BCE
By AP
A white mass identified as ancient Egyptian cheese (University of Catania and Cairo University)
August 17, 2018, 9:49 pm
World’s ‘most ancient’ solid cheese found in dug up Egyptian jar
Scientists say whitish solidified mass discovered in ancient tomb is 3,200 years old, made of cow and goat milk
By MENNA ZAKI
US President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2018. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
July 13, 2018, 1:47 pm
Before Trump, the long history of fake news
Lies masquerading as news existed long before the 45th US president and the advent of social media
By Olivier THIBAULT
Brent Chaim Spodek
March 30, 2018, 5:10 pm
Brent Chaim Spodek
No monsters, no messiahs
Moses was known for his outbursts of passion, but he didn’t make a difference until he had a plan and stuck to it.
Archaeologists work on mummies found in the New Kingdom tomb that belongs to a royal goldsmith, in a burial shaft, in Luxor, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
September 10, 2017, 1:30 am
3,500-year-old pharonic tomb of royal goldsmith unearthed in Luxor
Worksmith’s art was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god Amun; Egyptian officials tout find in bid to revive ailing tourism industry
By Nariman El-Mofty
French Anita Quiles, a researcher in the French Institute of Eastern Archaeology (IFAO) in Cairo, stands near local staff at a dating laboratory inside the institute on May 14, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
August 4, 2017, 7:40 am
Egyptologists go high tech to unlock ancient mysteries
Some archaeologists pin hopes on sophisticated technology to locate the burial place of the legendary queen Nefertiti
By Emmanuel Parisse
Illustrative: A skeleton of an adult from 3,200 years ago, found at Tel Gezer. (Tandy Institute for Archaeology)
July 19, 2017, 11:49 am
Biblical account of Gezer’s destruction gains ground with torched skeleton finds
The Gezer Excavation Project’s final season matches religious narrative with other archaeological evidence that could prove biblical connection to site
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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